NEWS AND KNOWLEDGE TO HELP MAKE BUILDINGS AND CITIES BETTER FOR PEOPLE

Health and wellbeing

Only 3% of English local authorities outside London have policies in place to deliver and monitor the number of accessible homes built, research by Habinteg Housing Association has found. Information obtained by freedom of information […]

A committee of MPs is carrying out an investigation into the accessibility of homes, buildings and public spaces, and its suitability for our ageing population. The women and equalities committee’s inquiry will look at government […]

Foodbank charity Trussell Trust and energy supplier npower have launched a Fuel Bank™ in Scotland to help foodbank users. The scheme, which is based at Glasgow’s South East Foodbank, gives foodbank users prepayment meter vouchers […]

A trial that allowed family doctors to ‘prescribe’ double glazing, boilers and insulation has improved the health of residents living in cold, damp homes and produced big savings for the NHS. The ‘boilers on prescription’ project, […]

Older homes that have their solid walls insulated face an “unacceptable risk” of damp, mould, poor air quality and poor building performance, which could in extreme cases cause health issues for residents and structural damage. […]

Cool pavements in cities, retrofittable new buildings and an analysis method for new developments are needed to combat overheating in homes across London and the South East. A new report from WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff makes […]

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has launched a task group examining health and wellbeing in homes, bringing together more than 30 UKGBC members, from architects and developers to housebuilders and housing associations. The task […]

Combining housing, health and social care services can improve quality of life for older people and cut costs to the NHS, Aston University researchers have found. A three-year project by Aston Research Centre for Healthy […]

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